Meetings | Bike Friendly Kalamazoo

BFK holds public meetings as needed; “all-hands” meetings are not currently scheduled on a fixed basis. Committees may meet more regularly according to their own schedules and release meeting notes or minutes as they see best. We strive to email minutes to BFK participants one-two weeks after a public meeting during which minutes have been recorded. Some BFK meetings are not formal; minutes are not always kept. This page is updated as time permits to facilitate open access to minutes previously sent to participants; minutes are most recent version available. Dates are coded in YYMMDD format.

There may be inadvertent omissions in this list. Please let us know if you have minutes for any BFK meetings not listed below!

Note that until our participants named our network “Bike Friendly Kalamazoo” (“BFK” for short), minutes reflected a more generic working name (specifically, Bike Friendly Community or BFC). The Kalamazoo in our name reflects our geographic footprint: the same as our MPO (the Kalamazoo Area Transportation Study’s metropolitan planning organization).

*Coronavirus Notice: Updated April 3, 2020
– BFK is monitoring the recommendations of Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department and many other authoritative sources; we suggest our participants do so as well.
– At this time the League of Michigan Bicyclists and US Cycling Association have recommended postponing or cancelling group rides until restrictions for the pandemic are lifted.
– The State of Michigan’s Executive Order 2020-21 permits cycling as a form of outdoor exercise as long as other precautions such as social distancing are followed.
– Bicycling outdoors, where people may be widely separated, possesses different levels of viral exposure than other events in obvious ways. In addition, bicycling plays a role in maintaining and increasing beneficial fitness levels (see How to Ride Safely Amid Coronavirus Concerns).

Minutes, Notes and Related BFK Documents

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“Local Bicycling Developments – 2019 & Beyond” Presentations 190515

Minutes 190328

Proceedings 190228

KBW 2019 Planning Session Results – Sortable Tallies – from 180920 (List of new ideas for Kalamazoo Bike Week 2019)

Bike Week 2019 Planning Session Summary 180920

“Local Bicycling Developments – 2018 & Beyond” Presentations 180516